The Shin and Mariko recording their Eurovision song in Stuttgart, Germany.
Tbilisi, Georgia - The Shin & Mariko, the Georgian representatives for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest have already been announced. We also know the title of their entry for Copenhagen. This morning, the Georgian broadcaster GPB released the official video clip of Three Minutes To Earth!
The premiere of a video clip Three Minutes To Earth took place on the First Channel of the Georgian Public Broadcaster, GPB. Director of the video is Basa Potskhishvili. Zaza Miminoshvili, member of The Shin, composed the entry, while the author of the lyrics is Eugen Eliu.
Join The Shin & Mariko on their three minutes music journey! Their Eurovision song is definitely something special, as folk meets modern music, mixed with country and even quotes from Bach:
Last month, The Shin & Mariko recorded their song Three Minutes To Earth in Stuttgart, Germany. "It describes the last three minutes of a long walk back to Earth, back home", the Georgian artists told eurovision.tv in their last interview. Read the interview with The Shin & Mariko about their entry in our previous issue:
Tbilisi, Georgia - Today, the Georgian broadcaster GPB announced their representatives for Copenhagen: The popular band The Shin will fly the Georgian flag in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, together with their lead singer Mariko Ebralidze!
This year, Georgia will be represented by a band known for their sophisticated fusion of styles - The Shin. In Georgian, "shin" means "coming home", which expresses the goal of the band to lead their listeners home with their music, however far it might be. On stage, they will be joined by yound and experienced vocalist Mariko Ebralidze (pictured below).
The Shin are: Zaza Miminoshvili (guitars, panduri, songs), Zurab J. Gagnidze (bass, vocals, songs), Aleksandre Chumburidze (dance, doli) and Mamuka Gaganidze (vocals, percussion, songs). The Shin formed in 1998 in Germany, where Zaza Miminoshvili and Zurab Gagnidze have been living since 1994. Mamuka Gaganidze joined the band in 2002. In their native Georgia these musicians are acclaimed among the country’s most elite composers and musicians.
But there is more, as the band describes itself: "The Shin’s instrumental theatre is the sound of Georgia’s musical encounter with the world. In The Shin’s music Georgian-style vocal pyrotechnics, intricate polyphony and instrumental virtuosity meets jazz scat, funk and fusion, flamenco, Ravel and Shakti. How does it sound? Sophisticated, surprising, hip, humorous, and always exhilarating – even at its most sensitive. The Shin’s celebratory musical dialogues know no bounds. Listen again and you’ll hear something new each time."
In the last few years The Shin launched several outstanding projects and albums, including Es ari and Black Sea Fire. The musicians participated in numerous festivals in more than 30 countries. In 2009 they received the first place in the German World Music Contest Creole. Their backlog of new ideas will provide for exciting projects for many years to come.
Mariko Ebralidze was born in 1984 in Tbilisi. She graduated from a music school, Piano Department. In 2000, she was enrolled at Zakaria Paliashvili music college to become a pop singer. 2004-2008 she studied at the Pedagogical Institute of Music Arts, and subsequently received a Bachelor's degree as a soloist and teacher.
Mariko Ebralidze is a popular and respected jazz artist and has won numerous awards. Since 2008, Ebralidze has been a soloist at the Tbilisi Municipality orchestra Big Band. She cooperates with different jazz bands and gives concerts at Tbilisi clubs.
The song which The Shin & Mariko Ebralidze are going to sing in Copenhagen is yet to be announced.
